Fusarium species are widespread pathogens on economically important cereals and are of notable impact to human health because they produce mycotoxins. Moreover, accumulation of surface-active proteins in malt causes severe economic losses to breweries because of gushing, the spontaneous over-foaming of carbonated beverages. In this study it could be shown that the hydrophobin FcHyd5p from F. culmorum is a highly surface-active protein with the ability to induce gushing of carbonated beverages. Furthermore, the surface-active protein AfpA as representative of the fungispumins has a significant impact on radial growth, conidial length, and pathogenicity of F. graminearum.
«Fusarium species are widespread pathogens on economically important cereals and are of notable impact to human health because they produce mycotoxins. Moreover, accumulation of surface-active proteins in malt causes severe economic losses to breweries because of gushing, the spontaneous over-foaming of carbonated beverages. In this study it could be shown that the hydrophobin FcHyd5p from F. culmorum is a highly surface-active protein with the ability to induce gushing of carbonated beverages. F...
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